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Here’s something that I made up. This story is fake by the way.

Fake Story
New York Radio Inquirer, January 16, 1961; NBC’s “Howdy Doody Show” Gets Syndication Deal by Tom Harris

The makers behind “Howdy Doody” and NBC, which had broadcast the show until last September, have struck a syndication deal. NBC, under its broadcast syndication division, NBC Films will distribute the show to at least 500 television stations across the country, some of which are actually NBC affiliates. However any mentions of sponsors will be cut out, states one network executive. Robert Smith will return as Buffalo Bob to tape a various number of segments, which will be used to fill in the gaps that once were previously occupied by sponsors. At least 100 episodes will be distributed, which will start airing during the summer.

June 13 1961; Howdy Doody returns to TV

Starting next week, Howdy Doody will return to TV as part of a syndication deal made earlier this year. Howdy will air on WPIX.

1973; During that year, television networks were banned from having there own distribution companies (this was reversed in 1993). Before the distribution rights were sold to National Telefilm Associates, NBC searched for every surviving Howdy Doody color master videotape in their archives. The network was relieved that there were enough surviving tapes for syndication. These tapes were cleaned up and duplicated. The network had to remove any references to advertising and/or copyrighted shorts featured in the show. They had Buffalo Bob Smith and the rest of the cast reprise their roles for segments that were used for padding. The segments in question were intentionally made to be educational. It also featured a disclaimer about Native American stereotypes. These episodes were distributed by National Telefilm Associates to local television stations across the United States. Even when The New Howdy Doody Show aired in 1976, many stations opted to air these episodes instead. While the original color videotapes are currently missing as of 2020, the first 1973 copies still exist and are owned by mega corporation ViacomCBS, which also owns the distribution rights for these episodes. Since 2014, the television network Retro TV has been airing the show.